magazine
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From Middle French magasin ("warehouse", "store") < Italian magazzino ("storehouse") < Arabic مخازن (maχáːzin, "storerooms", "storehouses"), plural of مخزن (máχzan, "storeroom", "storehouse") < خزن (χázana, "to store", "to stock", "to lay up").
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mag·a·zine
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magazine (plural magazines)
- An ammunition storehouse.
- Detachable ammunition holder enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed to a gun.
- A periodical publication, generally consisting of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled at fold.
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ammunition storehouse
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ammunition clip
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periodical
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magazine m. (plural magazines)
- magazine (periodical publication)
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magazine n. pl.
- Plural form of magazin.

